Anchorage crime rates

About Anchorage crime rates

With a crime rate of 49 per one thousand residents, Anchorage has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 20. Within Alaska, more than 91% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Anchorage.

How does the crime rate in Anchorage compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Anchorage with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Anchorage's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Anchorage does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Anchorage.

For Anchorage, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Anchorage is one in 124.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Anchorage's rate for property crime is 41 per one thousand population. This makes Anchorage a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Anchorage is one in 25.

Importantly, we found that Anchorage has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Anchorage is one in 342.